Books with author Ron Wilson

- 1st grade reading level provides struggling elementary and middle school students with high interest topics presented in an adult format that prevents embarrassment- Biographies of country music's hottest stars- Full-color, dynamic photographs take readers behind the scenes- Full text features (Table of Contents, Glossary, websites) allow struggling readers to learn navigation of the book.

Readers may know that Iran has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. In fact, they have the second-largest reserve of natural gas and the third-largest supply of oil worldwide. However, there is so much more to the rich history and culture of this country. Through this title, readers can explore Irans long, fascinating history as well as looking into its relationship with neighboring countries and the United States.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...the bracelet which abuts on this; tie binding-wire round the whole bracelet, and solder the back-plate of the snap to the proper half of the band. File the joint clean and smooth, and release the snap by pressing the point of a file or a knife upon the spring-plate through the slot C. The thumbpiece, made of a strip of silver, can now be soldered in position, and the snap is complete. A loop may be soldered on each side for the attachment of the safety-chain if you wish, but it is not absolutely necessary. All the constructive enrichment of the band--as, for instance, a panel of filagree work, foliage, or set stones--should be done before the joint and snap are made, otherwise the bracelet may not snap or close properly. How to Make a Flexible Bracelet.--Make a number of small half-domes out of No. 5 silver. Take a silver wire, about 20 gauge, and coil it round a paper-guarded mandrel; anneal it, slip off the coils of wire, and with the saw cut off the loops one by one until you have a good number. Boil the rings clean, and arrange them together (see fig. 101) on a level piece of charcoal. Solder them all together, and solder a half-dome in the middle and a grain in the intersections of the circles. Make a number of these links, say twenty. Make a similar number with groups of three small grains added in the intersections of the circles (fig. 102). These are the ornamental loops to the chain of which the flexible part of the bracelet will be made. Take a mandrel of flattened iron or brass wire, coil a strip of thin paper round it, and Fig. 102. Bracelets after the paper flattened or half-round wire, gauge 18 or 20. Saw these links off, and with them loop the first made links in groups of three and solder each link; the three central ornamental links can be ...

In the 1800s, the young Clarence King was an icon of the new America: a man of adventure and intellect, a flash-in-the-pan celebrity who combined science and exploration with romanticism and charm. Robert Wilson’s biography, The Explorer King, vividly depicts King’s daredevil feats including his journey to the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada, and uncovers the reasons for the shocking decline he suffered after his days on the American frontier.Through King’s own rollicking tales, some true, some embroidered, of scaling previously unclimbed mountain peaks, of surviving a monster blizzard near Yosemite, of escaping ambush and capture by Indians, of being chased on horseback for two days by angry bandits, Robert Wilson offers a powerful combination of adventure, history, and nature writing, he also provides the bigger picture of the West at this time. Ultimately, King himself would come to symbolize the collision of science and business, one of the sources of his downfall. Fascinating and extensive, The Explorer King movingly portrays the America of the nineteenth century and the man who—for better or worse—typified the soul of the era.

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Pave the way for CSEC studies and provide a firm grounding in geography by developing geographical skills and knowledge at lower secondary level with this two-book course. - Secure strong geographical skills by providing practice in interpreting and evaluating data, map work, making comparisons, research and field work, and critiquing and debating.- Build awareness of the Caribbean region with coverage of social, economic, physical and environmental geography.- Encourage students to investigate and contrast other areas of the world such as South Africa and India.